They did WHAT in a cathedral? And nobody cared??

A friend just sent me the following article from GlennBeck.com, and I just had to shake my head, not so much because of what happened at a cathedral in New York, but because it sounds like there wasn't any outcry from Christians over this. And before we start blaming the "liberal media" for not reporting all the facts, consider that Glenn Beck is a hardcore conservative who wouldn't report things to make Christians look bad unless Christians--or in this case, their notable silence--deserve to get thumped. But casual observation suggests this is not at all an isolated case of apathetic people who claim to be Christians. There are more than a few situations in our daily lives where our utter lack of outreach or involvement--do we even care???--leaves a perfect void for Satan and his minions to move right in and set up shop. He's not taking over anything--we're leaving the keys for him. How much longer does stuff like this have to happen before we either start following Christ or stop calling ourselves Christians?


I want to give a big Happy Birthday shout-out to Sir Elton John -- honestly, you don't look a day over 70 (well, maybe 78). I guess my invitation was lost in the mail, but Elton threw himself a little party last weekend inside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine right here in Manhattan. Unfortunately, there were so many people that he had to remove all the church pews, turn the altar into a stage, and bring in over 1,000 bottles of champagne to keep over 400 guests, like Rod Stewart, Elizabeth Hurley and Donatella Versace, nice and liquored up.

But Elton wasn't satisfied with just one night of sacrilege. On Sunday he performed at Madison Square Garden with an image of a burning church playing behind him. Now, I know you're thinking: "but Glenn, isn't Elton John the guy who said he would ban all religion because it turns people into hateful lemmings?" Uh huh. But c'mon -- he's got lots of cash! If he wants to drop a few mil to desecrate a church, then hey--who are we to judge, right?

Wrong. The Real Story is that if we don't stand up and say enough is enough, our religions will continue to rip themselves apart until there's nothing left. If I were a member of St. John the Divine I would be absolutely outraged; how dare you sell out my sanctuary for profit.

There is an epic battle being fought inside our churches right now. It's the traditional vs. the new; it's the "bible is literally the word of god" people vs. the "bible-schmible, I can pray from my lazy-boy people."

In just over a decade, weekly church attendance has dropped by over 12 percent, representing millions of people. In the last 25 years the number of people who say they have no religious preference has doubled.

The churches feel those numbers every Sunday as they look out at their empty pews and, like any business, they're trying to adjust. But religion isn't a business and when you try to make religion "fun for everyone" you end up making it spiritually fulfilling for no one.